Reborn as a tycoon in Hong Kong

"This is the same idea as many people have when they start writing novels, but this is the first time for you to be so young."

Chen Changming paused as he spoke, and continued: "Lin Zai, I hope you don't dislike me for speaking too frankly. As for you, you are too young and have never gone to college. Maybe you have read a lot of martial arts novels, but reading novels and... Writing novels is two different things. It doesn’t mean that you can write a good novel yourself after reading novels for many years.”

"Editor Chen, I know what you mean, but my novels are of a certain standard. If you don't believe me, you can take a rough look at them first."

Lin Baicheng said as he immediately picked up the manuscript. Given his age disadvantage, it was normal for people to think he was unreliable.

"Don't rush this yet."

Chen Changming raised his hand but did not pick up the manuscript: "I still have to tell you some things first. Generally speaking, we still have requirements for new writers. For example, those who have graduated from a Chinese university or majored in history and law are also acceptable. , or even wrote essays and other articles.”

"For pure newcomers who have no experience in this field, we have requirements for the university and major they study in. After all, we have a limited number of editors. If a random person comes to our door with a novel and we all read it, then we are It will definitely be too busy.”

None of the conditions mentioned by Chen Changming and Lin Baicheng met the requirements, so he couldn't help but be a little silent after hearing it, but he was a little unwilling to give up like this.

"Editor Chen, is there no other way?"

"That's not true."

Chen Changming said: "If you are recommended by a well-known writer or professor, you will also be taken seriously, at least to the point where it can be reviewed by the editor-in-chief. As for whether it can be serialized, it depends on the quality of the novel itself."

"If you say that, then those of us who did not graduate from Chinese universities will have no chance at all?"

Lin Baicheng did not have the relationship between a writer and a professor, so he was very disappointed. He did not expect that his ambition could not even take the first step.

"That's certainly not the case."

Chen Changming shook his head and said with a smile: "Newcomers will definitely have opportunities, even young people like Lin Zai. However, if they meet some conditions, they will definitely get preferential treatment from our newspaper and give priority to reviewing their novels , we just serialize their novels first. The reason I just said this is to explain some of the difficulties to you first, lest you think that we are deliberately making things difficult for you because you are young."

"No, no."

Lin Baicheng said hurriedly: "Editor Chen, please tell me more."

"First of all, Lin Zai, you are writing a novel. Just now you said that you have written about 180,000 words, which meets our requirements for accepting manuscripts. For newcomers, the reason why we have word count requirements is because there are many Newcomers may write well at the beginning, but once the series is serialized, the daily manuscript urging tasks of the newspaper may force the author to decline in quality, so the author needs to have some manuscripts saved to deal with this situation and revise the manuscript.”

"After all, if we serialize a novel, when we encounter this situation, we will remove it from the shelves, or we will not remove it from the shelves. If the quality is not good, we will definitely be scolded by customers; but if it is suddenly removed from the shelves, we will only be scolded even more harshly. .”

"Fortunately, Lin Zai, you have already written 180,000 words. If we think there is no problem and decide to serialize it, there are so many words in the archives. Even if Lin Zai, you are unable to write or write poorly in the next few days, Well, there’s room for maneuver there.”

Speaking of this, Chen Changming looked at Lin Baicheng and said seriously: "Lin Zai, there is something I want to say at the beginning. If you don't write well, even if you write 180,000 words, we may only read a few words. Your manuscript will be rejected if it has only a thousand words. This has nothing to do with how many thousands of words you have written. If the quality of the novel is not good, it is not good. We are professional in this."

"Don't worry, Editor Chen. I know this. If the novel is not of good quality, it will definitely not be serialized."

Lin Baicheng nodded immediately after hearing this, and this will be the same decades later. If the quality of the online novel is not good, even if it can barely be put on the shelves, if you don't have a subscription, you can't make money, so what difference does it make if it doesn't go on the shelves.

"As long as you understand."

Chen Changming nodded: "There is one more thing I want to explain to you first, that is, even if we take a fancy to your novel and decide to serialize it, we will have to wait at least three months, and it may be half a year or a year at most."

"That is why ah?"

Lin Baicheng was a little confused.

Chen Changming explained: "The serialization time of full-length novels is very long, and now we have several novels being serialized in Ming Pao. The fastest one will not be serialized until three months. The reason why it is said three months It is the shortest time. That is because we have received a lot of new books, and the editor-in-chief will decide which one will be serialized at that time. Unless the quality of your novels, Lin Zai, can really surpass everyone else, this will only happen in three months. I will serialize your novel as soon as possible.”

"So that's it."

Lin Baicheng nodded a little disappointedly. There was definitely no problem with the newspaper doing this, but it would be unfriendly to newcomers like him. The problem is, he also thought of one thing, that is, "Ming Pao" has cooperated with many well-known writers. If a well-known writer suddenly wants to serialize a novel, then the novels of a newcomer like him will definitely be pushed to the back of the queue. He didn't know what year or month it was when it was his turn.

Suddenly, Lin Baicheng discovered that a major newspaper like "Ming Pao" was not his best choice, because major newspapers had many cooperating writers, and they would definitely give preferential treatment to well-known writers. After all, famous writers' novels were guaranteed and had a lot of potential. The audience is the so-called book fans.

Of course, this does not mean that there are no benefits to serializing novels in major newspapers, otherwise Lin Baicheng would not have approached Ming Pao in the first place. Major newspapers have large daily circulations. For example, the three major newspapers in Hong Kong have a daily circulation of more than 100,000 copies. Novels can become popular in Hong Kong as quickly as possible and be seen by more people.

Lin Baicheng left Ming Pao soon, and he did not ask Chen Changming to help him read his novel. He has decided not to serialize the novel in Ming Pao. Since it is not serialized in Ming Pao, there is no way that editor Chen Changming can help him review the novel in vain, right?

Chen Changming had no regrets about Lin Baicheng's departure. Instead, he was relieved because of Lin Baicheng's departure. He was originally here to persuade Lin Baicheng to quit. Young people like Lin Baicheng are the most difficult to deal with. They are afraid that the other party will make a fuss if they speak harshly. At that time, even if they are reasonable, they will become unreasonable. They can only slowly reason with each other and let the other party retreat.

There were many difficulties, but Lin Baicheng did not give up the idea of ​​serializing novels. But this time, he already had the idea that instead of going to those big newspapers, he would look for second- and third-tier tabloids. The tabloids might be more friendly to newcomers like him.

As for the issue of tabloid circulation, let’s leave it alone. I can serialize the novel and get the royalties first.

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